Heinz Bodemann

Heinz Bodemann (1864-1899) was a German immigrant to the United States who settled in Oklahoma during the late 19th century. In 1899, his horse injured its hind foot, so he stopped on a roadside in the Great Plains to try to find the rock stuck in the hoof. Arthur Morgan later offered his help, and a distracted Bodemann let go of his horse's leg to speak to Morgan, only for the horse to fatally kick him in the back, breaking his spinal cord and killing him.